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Old May 5th 04, 07:55 PM
Ian
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Default Nikon Coolscan LS50 slide feeder?

Hi All:

I've been looking at film scanners to archive my slide/negative
collection (not vast, but of value to me). I narrowed the choice
of scanner down to the Minolta Scan Elite 5400, or the Nikon
Coolscan LS50.

Ed Hamrick's comments on the advantages of the Nikon changed
my initial inclination for the Minolta (thanks for those, Ed, most
interesting and apposite - better optics, better colour, no light
source warm-up, faster speed particularly when using DICE).

However.

As far as I can see, Nikon have stuffed the LS50 with a single
slide scan adaptor. The Minolta has a 4-slide at a time scan
capability. It seems that in order to go above a single slide at
a time on the Nikon, they want more than double the price
for the basic scanner (LS5000) plus even more for a slide feeder.

This would rule out the Nikon route for me, but I noticed that
the single slide mount, and other film accessories are compatible
between the LS50 and the LS5000.

Does anyone know if the SF210 for the LS5000 is _actually_
compatible with the LS50 scanner? Needless to say, the
marketing fluff at the Nikon site does not suggest this might be
the case, but if not they just lost a sale.

Regards
Ian






 




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